Folding ironing board and stand



(No Model.) G. M. BENNETT.

. FOLDING IRONING- BOARD AND STAND. N0.'872.3 56. Patented Nov. 1,1887.

N, PETERS. Pholn-Ulhognphar. Washington, D. r;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. BENNETT, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD AND STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,356, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed November .23, 1886. Serial No. 219,699. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in Des Moines county, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Ironing Boards and Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding ironing boards and stands, in which a common ironing-board operates in conjunction with a folding stand for said board to rest on; and the object of my invention is to providea device of this character that will be simple in construction and effective in operation. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim. a

In the accompanying d rawings, Figure l shows a View of my invention when unfolded.

Fig. 2 is a view of my invention when folded. Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A represents the leaf or top of my ironing-board, and has near its broader end the cars a and a. .Through cars a and a passes the bar b.

B and B are two legs connected by crosspair of legs, (designated by D and D,)' which latter legs are in their other end connected by bar 9. Upon bar between legs D and D, there are pivoted a fourth pair of legs, (designatedby E and E'.) .The legs D and D are connected by the cross-piece k, and the legs E and E are connected by the orosspiece Z. The

, little space.

cross-pieces c, (1, 7c, and Z are connected by a flexible belt, or, made of any suitable material,

in such a manner thatif the belt wis stretched The operation of my invention is as follows:

When belt 00 is stretched, my invention assumes the position as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and in this position is ready for use. and put aside, I slightly raise the leaf A in its smaller end. Next I bring legs E and E up to and within legs D and D. This being done, I push legs D and D up to and within legs 0 and O. to the leaf A, and lastly I fold legs B and B up to the leaf A and over the legs already folded, as described. Thus it will be seen that in the order described the different sets'of legs If, now, my mechanism is to be folded Now I fold legs'O and 0 up will fold within each other and take up very My whole ironing board and stand is thus folded into a comparatively small space and is now ready to be put aside.- The unfolding is just as simple as the folding.

Vthat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A folding ironing board and stand comprising the leaf A, the cars a and a, the bar I), the legs B and B, the cross-piece c, the legs Oand C, the cross-piece d, the barf, the legs D and D, the bar 9, the cross-piece 7c, the legsEand E, the cross-pieces Z and 0, and the belt at, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

GEORGE M. BENNETT. 

